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My final article being published in the Discover Your History magazine is out today, available in good newsagents, including WH Smith, or online.

This time, I investigate the life of my 8 x great-grandfather, Richard Fryer (abt. 1663-1710), by examining his will and evaluating the inventory for clues. Richard was a yeoman from Overton in Arlingham, Gloucestershire.

I have visited Arlingham on a number of occasions and one gets the feeling that, in some ways, not much has changed from Richard's day. The village is still rural, although I can imagine it was more of a hive of activity in the 17th century than it is now. It's still made up of farms and smallholdings but the landscape wouldn't be quite so recognisable to Richard as Arlingham used to consist of many orchards before the outbreak of Dutch Elm disease wiped most of them out in the 1970's.

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The third in my series of articles has been published in the November issue of the Discover Your History magazine and is now available to buy in all good newsagents or online.

This month, I tell the story of John Dando, my 6 x great-great-grandfather, exploring his Non-Conformist connections including his letter to a Countess and his association with George Whitefield, one of the founders of Methodism.

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